This compendium of accounts reveals the unique perspectives of many
scientists who made major contributions to the Nobel Prize-winning
discovery of C60 buckminsterfullerene but who have not previously
published personal accounts. The introduction attempts to provide a
rational framework for understanding how this discovery came about
and how firmly it rested on earlier technical breakthroughs and how
important were the contributions of researchers who were young
students at the time. In addition to these accounts, most of the
key publications are also reprinted. More than anything else, this
book gives an in-depth overview of how important cross-disciplinary
advances from laboratory synthesis, molecular spectroscopy,
radioastronomy, stellar chemistry, and cluster chemistry were in
the discovery. Indeed, the story shows not only how major
breakthroughs are often impossible to predict but also that the
discovery is a perfect example of the value of fundamental science
and why it must continue to be supported.
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